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Yet again the word ethics comes up when consumers attempt to act in their own best interest in a given marketplace. Why should it be ethics when it's just econo
by stellar678 15y ago
Yet again the word ethics comes up when consumers attempt to act in their own best interest in a given marketplace. Why should it be ethics when it's just economics? The airline isn't chastised for being unethical when they make decisions in their economic interest, why should the consumer be?
- salvadors 15y agoWhilst I agree with the principle, I think the argument runs quite simply: When you buy the ticket you agree to a set of accompanying conditions. Doing that knowing you're going to deliberately break some of them is dishonest and immoral.
- georgemcbay 15y agoWhen you buy the ticket you also expect a seat on the plane, but the airline has absolutely no problem with massively overselling a flight and bumping some people because, hey -- nothing personal, just economics! Why should customers show the airlines any more courtesy than they are shown by the airlines in such matters?
- mseebach 15y agoBecause two wrongs doesn't make a right and because the terms you agree to allows the airline to overbook giving you a lower fare in return (at least some business class fares guarantee you a seat).
- roel_v 15y agoWhen you buy the ticket, you agree to the conditions of the deal. When you walk away, you are one-sidedly breaking your agreement. It's quite easy to see that two parties making a voluntary agreement != unethical, while one party breaking that agreement == unethical.